Service of Court Process by Whatsapp, IG, or FB anyone?

Service of court documents via social media apps and electronic means have been sanctioned officially by amendments to the Rules of Court 2012 (ROC 2012) which came into force on 15 December 2020. 

This is great news.  

It has helped us greatly in serving documents on elusive and challenging personalities, especially when dealing with contested matters. 

For our practice, it does help when faced with serving notices and cause papers related to single petitions for divorce, contentious probate, and for debt recovery. 

We also find social media mechanisms useful for the efficient service of relevant correspondence, notices, and matters related to contentious litigation that could not otherwise be served with ease, on the opposing party. 

Of course the above is not legal advice but our commentary of the day after handling a particularly vexing case. 

Please do check with your counsel if service of documents via the above means is a mode that is applicable to your case. 

Anne & Melani @ Messrs Varghese & Co

Announcing Ms Melanianne Yeoh Yin as incoming Partner

In 2019, our sole-proprietorship has evolved into a dual partnership. Ms Melanianne Yeoh Yin has joined the firm as Partner.


Melani has 16 years of legal experience consecutively in both private legal practice and international public service in the areas of advocacy, family, succession and civil litigation, corporate and commercial laws, international humanitarian law, international refugee law, revenue and livelihood laws, international gender-protection mechanisms and protocols protecting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.


May we scale the heights of legal knowledge and the practice of law with double the joy and double the octane, with Melani onboard. We congratulate and welcome Melani to the firm.

Best regards always from us — at Messrs Varghese & Co.